Pen-holder



(No Model.)

J. W. WETMORE.

PEN HOLDER.

2 No. 255,227.. Patented Mar. 21,1882.-

UMTED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME W. WETMORE, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 255,227, dated March 21, 1882.

Application filed July 11, 1881. (No model.)

, of holding the pen by such attachments as are adjustable longitudinally and concentrically to suit the hands of different persons. I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper side of the pen and holder; Fig.2, across'section through a: m; Fig. 3, a perspective view from the under side of the holder, and Fig. 4 the three sections of the sleeve surrounding the pen-holder.

A, B, and 0, Fig. 1, represent the three sections of the sleeve in place. The upper ends of these are cut down so as to hold aring, the surface of which is flush with the lower section of the sleeve. The lower ends of these sections are cut or indented to suit the thumb and fingersviz., c for the thumb, b for the 30 forefinger, and a for the second finger.

D is a flexible ring, holding A, B, and U in their adjusted places.

E is the body of the pen-holder.

The sections A, B, and O are represented 5 high up on the body of the pen-holder forclearness of illustration. They will usually project over the pen. They are adjustablein the ring I) to suit the hand of the writer. When adjusted the writer, especially the beginner, will 0 beable to hold the pen with less pressure and care to its position. Two of thesections could be one.

What I claim is- In combination with a pen-holder,the sleeve 45 or case composed of sections A B C, said sections being recessed at their lower ends to afford rests for the thumb and fingers, and rabbeted at their upper ends so as to be independently adjustable longitudinally, and all 5c held in place by the same ring in which they are aso partially adjustable concentrically.

Witnesses MILES N. CAUGHEY, CRAIG T. REID. 

